Metallic railroad-tie



(No Model.)

H. D. DASHER. METALLIC RAILROAD TIE.

No. 450,601. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

Witmeawa UNITE j terns IIIRAM D. DASHER, OF MIDDLETOIVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

' M ETALLIC RA! LROAD-Tl E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 450,601, dated April 14-, 1891.

Application filed January 6, 1891. Serial No. 376,927. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IIRAM D. DASHER, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

in Metallic Railroad Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic railway-ties.

The object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway-tie which will partially inclose ablock of wood upon which the tie rests, and at the same time provide means for clamping the rail thereon without the necessity of employing spikes; and it consists in the combination, with a metallic railway-tie, of a pair of bent clamping-plates having flanges which embrace the flanges of the rail and ablock located within the clamping-plates and both located within and secured to the main tie; and the invention further consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railway-tie constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are perspective'views of the parts detached.

A refers to the tie proper, which is made up to provide a base a with vertical sides a, the sides being provided near their ends with longitudinal openings A and their upper edges cut away at a to form recesses within which the rail will lie.

B and 0 refer to angle-plates presenting the side members b and c a part of the connecting portion being cut away and upset to provide flanges b and c, which embrace the flanges of the rail. Corresponding recesses 11 and c are formed in the vertical members of. the plates B and O, which register with the openings in the tie.

D refers to a wooden block which is adapted to fit within the angle-plate B, and this block is provided with an opening (1, which corresponds with the openings in the other parts. E refers to a double-headed key Which is adapted to be passed through the openings in the tie and vertical members of the angleplatesand through the opening in the block, the headed ends thereof embracing the outer vertical side walls of the tie.

NVhen the parts hereinbefore described have been assembled, the angle-plates Band C can be slid upon each other to clamp the rail between the flanges c and b, the rail then resting upon the block D. To tightly clamp the rail and lock the parts in position, the key is inserted in the opening and the wedge F driven in andlockedby a spring-key, as shown.

The tie A may be provided with perforations in its base, through which water may escape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a metallic tie having vertical sides, of angle clamping-plates B and O, presenting vertical members, the parts having registering perforations through which pass clamping means, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a metallic railwaytie, of a main tie-A, having a base a, and Vertical sides, said sides being cut away, as shown at d of clamping-plates B and 0, having vertical members cut away at their upper portions so as to correspond as to height with the cut-away portion (0 of the tie, so that a rail may rest directly upon a wooden block secured within said tie, and means for connecting the clamping-plates, tie, Wooden block, and rail to each other, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with a metallic tie A, provided at its ends with openings A, angleplates B and 0, having openings which register therewith, the upper portion of said plates having inwardly and upwardly extended portions adapted toembrace the base of the flange of the rail, and means for clamping the parts together, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with a metallic tie A, the headed key and looking-wedge, the parts be- 10 upper edges thereof being cut away, as shown 1 ing organized substantially as set forth. at a and provided with horizontal openings I In testimony whereof I affix my signature A, plates B and C,having vertical side memin presence of two witnesses. 5 bers, horizontal openings,cut-awaynpper pori I tions which are upset to present the flanges HIRAM DAbnER' b and c, and a block adapted to be inclosed I Witnesses: by the inner plate 13, said block having a A. M. CROLL, horizontal opening, together with a double- E. H. ORoLL. 

